Collection of venous blood by venipuncture at Texas Health Center for Diagnostics and Surgery Plano

6020 W Parker Road, Plano, TX · Texashealth · · NPI 1316933609

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 21, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$23.85

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$39.75

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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$3.00 with United Healthcare Options vs $37.40 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare Options PPO $3.00 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare All Payer $3.00 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $5.71 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $5.71 ↓ -76%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $5.71 ↓ -76%
Parkland Managed Medicaid $5.71 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $5.71 ↓ -76%
Molina Managed Medicaid $5.71 ↓ -76%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $6.30 ↓ -74%
American Health Medicare Advantage $9.09 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $9.09 ↓ -62%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $9.27 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare Advantage $9.45 ↓ -60%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $9.54 ↓ -60%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $9.54 ↓ -60%
Molina Medicare Advantage $9.54 ↓ -60%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $10.00 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $10.09 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $10.27 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $11.53 ↓ -52%
Cigna PPO $11.98 ↓ -50%
Cigna OAP/HMO $11.98 ↓ -50%
Aetna Whole Health $15.32 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $18.36 ↓ -23%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $18.68 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $20.42 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $20.43 ↓ -14%
Quick Trip Commercial $23.85 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $27.63 ↑ +16%
Aetna ASA $27.86 ↑ +17%
Aetna Coventry $27.86 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $29.81 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $32.79 ↑ +37%
Multiplan Commercial $34.58 ↑ +45%
Galaxy Commercial $34.98 ↑ +47%
USA MCO $34.98 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $37.40 ↑ +57%

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Collection of venous blood by venipuncture at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PLANO Plano $28.65 $5.73 – $35.81
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano $23.85 $3.00 – $15.32
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $67.16 $8.18 – $8.18
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $28.65 $8.12 – $35.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $25.87 $5.32 – $38.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $32.66 $6.05 – $37.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $28.65 $7.64 – $35.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $25.87 $8.30 – $38.80

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